The last word of your mother tongue you have learnt ?

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Re: The last word of your mother tongue you have learnt ?

Postby linguoboy » 2019-01-29, 16:57

(en) tornadic

Despite growing up in Tornado Alley, I don't recall ever hearing this word until today.
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Postby mōdgethanc » 2019-02-03, 5:39

accommodationism the belief that state and religion do not have to be separate as long as all religions are treated equally by the state
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Postby Ciarán12 » 2019-03-12, 7:22

(en-gb) facultative - optional.

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Postby Osias » 2019-03-17, 15:17

Ciarán12 wrote:(en-gb) facultative - optional.

I believe you learned this first on Portuguese, it's one of the most beloved words by Brazilian workers. :D
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Postby Ciarán12 » 2019-03-18, 19:00

Osias wrote:
Ciarán12 wrote:(en-gb) facultative - optional.

I believe you learned this first in Portuguese, it's one of the most beloved words by Brazilian workers. :D


Weird that I hadn't come across it before. It came up in a line of dialogue in O Mecanismo.

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Re: The last word of your mother tongue you have learnt ?

Postby Olinguito » 2019-03-18, 21:23

elsewise
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otherwise
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Re: The last word of your mother tongue you have learnt ?

Postby OldBoring » 2019-03-18, 22:11

Elsewise looks so familiar to someone who studied programming.
It's if() { } else {}, but it actually means otherwise.

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Ciarán12 wrote:
Osias wrote:
Ciarán12 wrote:(en-gb) facultative - optional.

I believe you learned this first in Portuguese, it's one of the most beloved words by Brazilian workers. :D


Weird that I hadn't come across it before. It came up in a line of dialogue in O Mecanismo.

Que série chata do caramba, acho que você só aguenta ver por estar praticando português.
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Re: The last word of your mother tongue you have learnt ?

Postby Gadano » 2019-03-22, 11:27

Entymem - kind of inference that uses at least one premise which is so obvious that it isn't said out loud :ohwell: I find this word particullary funny, cause the part "mem" means 'meme' in Polish
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Postby Ciarán12 » 2019-03-22, 13:03

Osias wrote:Que série chata do caramba, acho que você só aguenta ver por estar praticando português.


Bom, não achei tão chato assim, mas com certeza falta um pouco de ação, né? Me lembra o seriado "The Wire", só que não tem tiroteio.

And on the topic of this thread:
(en-GB) a fillip - a boost
I learned this when my brother Phillip told me he used to hear this on the radio as a child and thought they were talking about him. Oddly, I don't think I've ever heard the word before last weekend.

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Postby linguoboy » 2019-03-22, 15:00

Ciarán12 wrote:I learned this when my brother Phillip told me he used to hear this on the radio as a child and thought they were talking about him. Oddly, I don't think I've ever heard the word before last weekend.

I use this more in the literal sense of a noisy flick made with the thumb and index finger because I can't snap my fingers at all and substitute fillips. I even grow the nails on those fingers long to make the sound louder.
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Postby linguoboy » 2019-03-29, 14:26

(en-us) Countrypolitan an iteration of the "Nashville sound" popular in the 60s and 70s characterised by lush orchestra arrangements, the forerunner of today's "pop country"
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Re: The last word of your mother tongue you have learnt ?

Postby Engelhard » 2019-04-03, 11:44

linguoboy wrote:
Ciarán12 wrote:I prefer best payday loans and learned this when my brother Phillip told me he used to hear this on the radio as a child and thought they were talking about him. Oddly, I don't think I've ever heard the word before last weekend.

I use this more in the literal sense of a noisy flick made with the thumb and index finger because I can't snap my fingers at all and substitute fillips. I even grow the nails on those fingers long to make the sound louder.


Adorbs - Extremely charming or appealing. I was kind of surprised to learn this is actually a word.
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Re: The last word of your mother tongue you have learnt ?

Postby Dormouse559 » 2019-04-03, 16:09

Engelhard wrote:Adorbs - Extremely charming or appealing. I was kind of surprised to learn this is actually a word.

That's obvi totes adorbs!
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Re: The last word of your mother tongue you have learnt ?

Postby linguoboy » 2019-04-05, 19:10

chalazion a cyst on the eyelid caused by blockage of a sebaceous or meibomian gland

Unfortunately the way I learned this term was by developing one.
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Postby linguoboy » 2019-04-08, 14:50

lemniscate

(Pronounced /lɛmˈnɪskət/ and not--as it might first seem--*/ˈlɛmnɪˌskeːt/.)
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Re: The last word of your mother tongue you have learnt ?

Postby Dormouse559 » 2019-04-24, 16:46

cidery n - facility that produces hard cider

It's one of those words that you never really thought about, but realize must exist as soon as you see it for the first time. At first though, I just thought of the adjective "cidery", "resembling cider".
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Re: The last word of your mother tongue you have learnt ?

Postby mōdgethanc » 2019-04-25, 8:01

lambent (of light or fire) glowing, gleaming, or flickering with a soft radiance
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Postby linguoboy » 2019-04-25, 17:27

chork to make a squelching sound, especially due to water-logged footwear when walking
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